1984 TranSouth 500

Race 7 of 30

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:18:16
Average speed of winner: 119.925 mph
Margin of victory: 1.99 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 65 laps
Lap leaders: B. Parsons pole, Rudd 1, Yarborough 2, Waltrip 3-48, Wallace 49, Saylor 50, Waltrip 51-56, Yarborough 57-85, Marcis 86-93, Yarborough 94-105, Speed 106-113, R. Petty 114-120, Speed 121-136, Earnhardt 137-160, Waltrip 161-242, Speed 243-245, Labonte 246-249, Waltrip 250-302, Elliott 303, Waltrip 304-367

Race notes: Darrell Waltrip took the points lead from Terry Labonte.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		367	5	251	running	39450	185
2	10	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		367	1	4	running	22180	175
3	2	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		366	1	1	engine	17775	170
4	5	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		366	3	42	running	6850	165
5	14	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		366	1	24	running	12825	160
6	7	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		366	0	0	running	8620	150
7	17	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		364	1	7	running	7900	151
8	29	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		358	0	0	running	4325	142
9	3	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		358	1	1	running	11400	143
10	8	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		354	0	0	running	3875	134
11	35	Buddy Arrington	67	Affordable Rental Car	Dodge	Arrington			352	0	0	running	7980	130
12	21	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Buick	Stavola Brothers			352	0	0	running	2750	127
13	20	Dave Marcis	75	RahMoc Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		351	1	8	running	10725	129
14	30	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			350	0	0	running	5880	121
15	37	Clark Dwyer	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			348	0	0	running	6010	118
16	34	Trevor Boys	48	Jim Testa Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Hylton			344	0	0	sway bar	5335	115
17	15	Ron Bouchard	47	Fast Fare	Buick	Jack Beebe			340	0	0	running	4990	112
18	31	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			336	0	0	running	4680	109
19	4	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			332	0	0	running	4420	106
20	16	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		330	0	0	running	12575	103
21	28	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			325	0	0	running	1700	100
22	6	Lake Speed	1	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		319	3	27	valve	2125	102
23	38	Tommy Ellis	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		312	0	0	oil leak	2050	0
24	25	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			293	0	0	engine	9775	91
25	32	Connie Saylor	37	Lain Racing	Pontiac	Lain			243	1	1	cylinder head	1400	93
26	33	Morgan Shepherd	23	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet	Bahre			198	0	0	battery	1350	85
27	1	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion	156.328	195	0	0	engine	3175	82
28	36	Ronnie Thomas	41	R.L. Monroe RV	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			188	0	0	engine	3525	79
29	27	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			183	0	0	steering	3465	76
30	24	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			175	1	1	accident	3405	78
31	11	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			161	0	0	accident	3360	70
32	26	Mike Alexander	71	Action Vans	Oldsmobile	Marcis			146	0	0	engine	2600	67
33	12	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		141	0	0	accident	1075	64
34	13	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		134	0	0	accident	7550	61
35	18	Geoff Bodine	5	All-Star Racing	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		107	0	0	accident	2525	58
36	23	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			77	0	0	accident	1500	55
37	19	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			40	0	0	engine	1625	52
38	22	Lennie Pond	78	Testa Chevrolet	Buick	Testa			9	0	0	engine	1000	49

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	1138	7	1	2	4	7
2	Terry Labonte	1138	7	0	0	5	6
3	Ricky Rudd	1082	7	2	1	2	7
4	Dale Earnhardt	1074	7	0	0	3	6
5	Bill Elliott	1039	7	0	0	3	6
6	Harry Gant	967	7	1	0	1	5
7	Richard Petty	933	7	0	0	2	4
8	Neil Bonnett	880	7	0	0	2	4
9	Dave Marcis	827	7	0	0	1	2
10	Geoff Bodine	821	7	0	0	0	3
11	Ron Bouchard	813	7	0	0	1	2
12	Bobby Allison	790	7	0	1	2	2
13	Tim Richmond	754	7	0	1	2	3
14	Joe Ruttman	722	7	0	0	0	2
15	Phil Parsons	699	6	0	0	0	1
16	Clark Dwyer	697	7	0	0	0	0
17	Trevor Boys	691	7	0	0	0	0
18	Dick Brooks	689	7	0	0	0	0
19	Rusty Wallace	663	7	0	0	0	0
20	Cale Yarborough	641	4	1	1	3	3
21	Buddy Arrington	639	6	0	0	0	0
22	Jimmy Means	636	6	0	0	0	0
23	Kyle Petty	605	7	0	0	1	1
24	Ronnie Thomas	598	7	0	0	0	0
25	Lake Speed	589	5	0	0	1	2